The Vikings were capturing rare gyrfalcons in Greenland and selling them to nobles of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad, that's how interconnected the medieval world was. https://t.co/mDvnsxKqhs
— Zack Stentz (@MuseZack) September 13, 2026
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
History
An Insight
The reason they posted insane stuff like this all through late 2015 and most of 2016 is because they thought they had it in the bag. Their Young Global Leaders were installed throughout the West. They had just had Obama. They believe HRC was a shoo-in. They thought they had us. pic.twitter.com/4LEqR9tF1w
— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) September 13, 2026
I see wonderful things
There is a place in Scotland where it is possible, with a strong arm, to throw a stone from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea.
— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) September 14, 2026
The wonderfully named Mavis Grind in Shetland is around 80m (250ft) wide, and the place where the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea come closest. pic.twitter.com/hvUaE24Hew
Data Talks
This seems like a big deal and is part of a larger trend of “delayed adulthood” that probably is not good for a lot of people’s mental health https://t.co/RvHlJmfXo7
— Marc Porter Magee 🎓 (@marcportermagee) September 14, 2026
New York City Evening, 2019 by Stefan Bleekrode
New York City Evening, 2019 by Stefan Bleekrode (Netherlands, 1986 - )
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
History
The Paradox of Time according to Aristotle pic.twitter.com/Qu1rvlDR1e
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 13, 2026
An Insight
I'm closer to the technology than Devon is, and I endorse his analysis.
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 13, 2026
Except...the Singularity (collapse of predictive horizon) actually is here. We passed through the front wall about 2 years ago when LLMs started to get good.
The interesting part is that we blew through the… https://t.co/CLsgsJa98j
I see wonderful things
The first objects of the West Yorkshire Hoard were found by detectorist Frank Andrusyk near Leeds #OTD in 2008. The early medieval hoard comprises four gold rings, one with a garnet, a gold brooch fragment, gold ingot fragment and lead spindle whorl. 📸Leeds Museums and Galleries pic.twitter.com/GMP8YMjUN1
— North Ages (@NorthAges) September 14, 2026
Offbeat Humor
don’t invite me to the function unless we’re doing whatever the hell this is pic.twitter.com/EcnbuCtJK2
— horse dentist (@equine__dentist) September 13, 2026
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